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Links for a Lazy Sunday

Happy Sunday! It’s my last lazy Sunday for awhile. Not that I’m complaining, because the lack of lazy time is due to a really awesome trip I’m going on. In fact, I shouldn’t be lazing around on the internet right now, I have guidebooks to read, suitcases to pack, and blog posts to schedule. But oh well, I suppose a bit of procrastination won’t hurt me … much.

If you are in a similar mood and want to lounge about on the internet here are a few links I’ve found interesting over the last few weeks.

One of my favorite bloggers on Cross(stich) Your Heart has challenged herself to query 100 agents and indie publishers. I can’t wait until my manuscript is in the position that I can join the challenge!

KateBrauning.com featured an excellent post about the benefits of signing with a new agent.

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9 thoughts on “Links for a Lazy Sunday”

Love the second link! I’ve always thought that perhaps I am strong/resilient because of what was evolutionary adaptive in my family/ethnic background. You know, the generations of struggle, and persistence through abandonment.

Alas, ladies, I am now guilty of reneging on my own stance. In my new fantasy/romance novel The Last King, I DID make my hero attractive – and rich, too. Oh, shame on me. The reason I give is because there aren’t a lot of fantasy/romance novels with an African-American male and female in the lead roles, and I guess I didn’t want to put my people in this vastly unrepresented genre for blacks with, well, ugly black people. Please don’t shoot me. And I still stand by my article, for the most part. Sigh. I also plan for my second fantasy novel to have a male romantic lead with a deformity, as that’s part of the plot. Best to all, Yamina